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Title: China's Bravest Girl: The Legend of Hua Mu Lan by Charlie Chin, Tomie Arai ISBN: 0-89239-148-0 Publisher: Children's Book Press Pub. Date: April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: China's Bravest Girl
Comment: This is actually one of my favorite books. I have owned a copy since it first came out, and keep having to buy new ones because my student's also love it. I am a 4th grade teacher, and when a student leaves my class, I allow the child to pick a favorite book - any book I own - to take as my gift. The kid's usually choose either China's Bravest Girl, or El Chino by Allen Say. That says a lot for a book! The story and illustrations engage the students strongly - they love the images, the poetry, the Chinese character. The story gives them hope that they too can be heroes and change the world. Please get yourself and your children a copy - in fact get two - you will end up giving one away.
Rating: 4
Summary: A nice addition to any Mulan fans library.
Comment: This story is told in the format of a song. The song is the re-telling of the legend of Mulan. The story is close to disneys version of Mulan, but has several differences. One difference is that Mulan and her family decide together that Mulan shall go in her fathers place. Mulan fights in many battles intead of just one. No mention of her being hurt and then her gender being discovered. She is discovered when she returned home and another soldier who was traveling with her finds out her true gender.
Prior to reading this to my 5 yo, we discussed how this was the original story. It sparked a discussion on how sometimes a book and a movie can be very different. It was a hit with my child. One that I expect to read again and again. A nice addition to any Mulan fans library.
Rating: 3
Summary: Somewhat trite retelling of this classic story
Comment: The Chinese language text seems to be "politically correct" hack retelling from the People's Republic, filled with jingoistic sentiments. I would not want to read the Chinese version to my kids. The English language version softens and rephrases some of the more irritating parts of the Chinese text, the artwork is OK, and young children actually seem to LIKE the simplistic rhyming, so I'm assigning three stars. If you want a close translation of the original poem with wonderful illustrations, buy Jeanne Lee's book. If you want a good prose retelling of the story with lots of details added (the original poem is somewhat elliptical in phrasing and short in detail) then buy Robert San Souci's book.
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Title: Legend of Mu Lan: A Heroine of Ancient China by Wei Jiang, Cheng an Jiang, Jiang Wei ISBN: 1878217143 Publisher: Victory Press Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Ch'i-lin Purse : A Collection of Ancient Chinese Stories by Linda Fang, Jeanne M. Lee ISBN: 0374411891 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 30 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Weaving of a Dream: A Chinese Folktale by Marilee Heyer ISBN: 0140505288 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: October, 1989 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Tales from China (Oxford Myths and Legends) by Cyril Birch, Rosamund Fowler ISBN: 019275078X Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr Childrens Books Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Dragon Prince : A Chinese Beauty & the Beast Tale by Laurence Yep, Kam Mak ISBN: 0064435180 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 28 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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